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This issue celebrates the 150th anniversary of the General Accounting Office.

The General Accounting Department (Ragioneria Generale dello Stato - RGS) coordinates budget policies and oversees public finances. Its main responsibility is to ensure the proper management and rigorous planning of public resources, and to audit state accounts by monitoring and analyzing public spending trends. The RGS also oversees the financial management activities of public bodies.

The obverse has a view of the Palazzo delle Finanze in Via Cernaia in Rome, headquarters of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, with the flags flying the colors of the Italian Republic and the European Union. The reverse shows details of two geometric figures from drawings attributed to Leonardo da Vinci from the treatise “De Divina Proportione” by Fra Luca Pacioli (Ambrosian Library in Milan). Also featured is the inscription “RAGIONERIA GENERALE DELLO STATO” (General Accounting Office).